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    <h1 class="cover"><span>as</span><wbr></wbr><span>Converter</span><wbr></wbr><span><span>Factory</span></span></h1>
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  <div class="platform-hinted " data-platform-hinted="data-platform-hinted"><div class="content sourceset-dependent-content" data-active="" data-togglable=":retrofit-converters:kotlinx-serialization:dokkaHtml/main"><div class="symbol monospace"><div class="block"><div class="block"><span class="token annotation builtin">@</span><a href="https://kotlinlang.org/api/core/kotlin-stdlib/kotlin.jvm/-jvm-name/index.html"><span class="token annotation builtin">JvmName</span></a><span class="token punctuation">(</span><span>name<span class="token operator"> = </span><span class="breakable-word"><span class="token string">&quot;create&quot;</span></span></span><wbr></wbr><span class="token punctuation">)</span></div></div><span class="token keyword">fun </span><span data-unresolved-link="kotlinx.serialization/StringFormat///PointingToDeclaration/">StringFormat</span><span class="token punctuation">.</span><a href="as-converter-factory.html"><span class="token function">asConverterFactory</span></a><span class="token punctuation">(</span><span class="parameters "><span class="parameter ">contentType<span class="token operator">: </span><span data-unresolved-link="okhttp3/MediaType///PointingToDeclaration/">MediaType</span></span></span><span class="token punctuation">)</span><span class="token operator">: </span><span data-unresolved-link="retrofit2/Converter.Factory///PointingToDeclaration/">Converter.Factory</span></div><p class="paragraph">Return a <span data-unresolved-link="retrofit2/Converter.Factory///PointingToDeclaration/">Converter.Factory</span> which uses Kotlin serialization for string-based payloads.</p><p class="paragraph">Because Kotlin serialization is so flexible in the types it supports, this converter assumes that it can handle all types. If you are mixing this with something else, you must add this instance last to allow the other converters a chance to see their types.</p><hr><div class="symbol monospace"><div class="block"><div class="block"><span class="token annotation builtin">@</span><a href="https://kotlinlang.org/api/core/kotlin-stdlib/kotlin.jvm/-jvm-name/index.html"><span class="token annotation builtin">JvmName</span></a><span class="token punctuation">(</span><span>name<span class="token operator"> = </span><span class="breakable-word"><span class="token string">&quot;create&quot;</span></span></span><wbr></wbr><span class="token punctuation">)</span></div></div><span class="token keyword">fun </span><span data-unresolved-link="kotlinx.serialization/BinaryFormat///PointingToDeclaration/">BinaryFormat</span><span class="token punctuation">.</span><a href="as-converter-factory.html"><span class="token function">asConverterFactory</span></a><span class="token punctuation">(</span><span class="parameters "><span class="parameter ">contentType<span class="token operator">: </span><span data-unresolved-link="okhttp3/MediaType///PointingToDeclaration/">MediaType</span></span></span><span class="token punctuation">)</span><span class="token operator">: </span><span data-unresolved-link="retrofit2/Converter.Factory///PointingToDeclaration/">Converter.Factory</span></div><p class="paragraph">Return a <span data-unresolved-link="retrofit2/Converter.Factory///PointingToDeclaration/">Converter.Factory</span> which uses Kotlin serialization for byte-based payloads.</p><p class="paragraph">Because Kotlin serialization is so flexible in the types it supports, this converter assumes that it can handle all types. If you are mixing this with something else, you must add this instance last to allow the other converters a chance to see their types.</p></div></div>
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